New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-26
~THE FATEFUL TWELVE.
vvArRESTING FACTS ABOUT THE
SHARP JURY,
TIE DEFENDANTS sUFFERINGs.


sHARPs DINNERS.
utnovn LAWYER of large experience said the
- tina, looking back on all the great cases
- in recent wears, he could not remember alury
those intelligence impressed MN as strongy as uoeS
W, ol the harp jury. Having secured these men
without opinions The court taxes uhusuai Plooau'on,
,nsnre that they do not imbibe any opinion except
80 Che evidence They are guarded at all points
- oon,act with the rude world. Not only are they
aeh,rred from obtaining any ideas from the outslde
.hr NAV not chat about the evidence ana swap
;.;ons in regaid to 1T among themselves until the
dance Is all in and the case formally handed 10
.ham bv the Judge to deliver their verdict upon
Meantime they are treated like some rare foreign
animals not vet entirely acclimated They are undet
ard d,v and night Great attention Is PAID 10 ther
eating and drinking; to their exercise anu hyeepo
snrrouudncs. and even mental recreation, WITHIN
-a.,rictions is not overlooked. They may play
ahsctcrs or chess, but not poker; they may even
roaa Int not about the they are to Try Every
ord in reference to that is caiefuly chppeu OUT Vi
tber Newspapers that il happens that the moie I'LL
tine DAYS hearing the less reading matter they
have The they are trying has to 60 every h'gn'
N ial But there he is surrounded by ms
sanity and at all times he is practically free go far
o. converse with his friends and acquaintances is con-
csrned Therefore, in his present ositon ne Is less
rr;sooer than are the jurymen who try him.
They are in charge OF Captain Ricketts, and SIX
assistants one to each couple OF jurymen Rockets
has been an officer OF the Supreme Court since he was
nine years OF age. aud with his rudy cneeks anu
glossy black hair he now seems to be about thrtn'e'
At X DC ock in the morning the jury, who nave rooms
adjoining on the seventh floor OF the Metropolitan are
,osrcbed down to che OF the ladies' parlors, where
thew sit down to breakfast in company with their
teepers Captain Ricketts, men are not only e1'
eed but they well trained The head waiter
nav. not one of them has yet asked for mush or corn
80 and cahhace or any ordinary dish unless 1t Is
Al, cuised in French the menu aud even the
French language does not fool their experience oiten
So far not single juryman has asked question
Foreman Canfeld who has Napoleonic mustache
and imperial folds his and sits bolt upright with
revere diInty and o sore place on his back whlch
makes any other position painful 1t was the chair
back that made the sore place, and on wednesday
Billy Ricketts, thOughtfully covered II win sou
woo!len shawl Mr.. Garfield is one OF those men whom
novelists describe as "sieepng volcano one
whose active nervous system is subjusated by VIII
force to Quiet and impossible exterior In his Dust
ness he ia "a printer. He prints the weekly La"
Digest" But his lip cured with seorniui negative
when counsel asked him ii he read it, Ii was an
illustration OF the old chestnut abo1t the two broken
brokers. one OF whom found the other waiter IN
Rowery restaurant sYes" said the latter scornfuly,
81 wait here but don't dine here"
Owen q. Schimmel, who sits next to the handsome
foreman wears unpretentons SUIT OF gray and mas
abald head and a full brown beard lie IN the
preserve business in Warren-st. lie Is typlcai
Penpsvlyapia Drtchman of Qhakerown; Ill his
thought little slow, perhaps, but sure tie has
been guilty of only one joke so far as his private
history can be ascertained, and although TINS was
very little one and entirely unprecedented IL is saiu
10 have proved the turning point IN his career. AZ
nineteen he paid visit to NewYork, ON that occasion
speaking his very little English by means OF an
nlIendorf rhrasc-took When taking leave OF his
Secondave. friends he said in his grave quaker
fashion: Goodbye, and may God pickle you.
g Whatever are you irving to now y laughed his
III
with An air OF confidence to line in the vocabulary
at the end of it which read: Pickle-to preserve
It is mere coincidence OF course, but ten years later
he went into the pi .kle and preserve business ana
thus 1t comes that his little mistake is 80 wen rehem
bered among his acquaintance Mr.. Schiinmel was
taken into box the second day, so That ne mas
already suffered long confinement
The third Juror is jacques Kahn dealer IN mirrors
His Austrian birth is suggested in the high, narrow
and the black hair that sticks straight on
the top OF IT. He has travelled extensively, speaks
several languages and IL an entertaining taker wnen
he is not Cd jury duty. Last Sunday was us ornon9
anniversary and number OF his friends consplred TO
remind him of it They sent to the Metropolitan
basket of loweY and a large cake. The later was
decorated with little candles-how many OF them shall
not be published for although he has spent years IN
this country and years il the other and months ana
months in travelling about, he wears sunny smile
and there is suspicion OF boar frost on ms upright
hair.
Jurvman M Ais a broker aud Cooper Union
broker az that Mr. Clarke is probably the only one
who really desired to be Jnryman. FIRST ne was
doing little business, and to live like lord at big
hotel something not TO be sneezed al undef those
circumstances and them too he ielt proud 10 De con
nected with such celebrated case. bis is Young as
these reflections will show perhaps about twenty
four has clear sapphire eyes and a love OF
mustacbe- He may be called the dude OF the
twelve In the evenings be reads scent DOCKS ana
trie, TO improve his mind. He takes keener IN
in no -
his prison house must have hand in everything
going on There is inclination to pet him Oh Tie
part OF his guard well on that OF his fellow jury
men. 80
This onlv takes in the front row OF the jury pen.
and tie rest must be summed up briefly. Mr.. Rudolph
VIOLA pocketbook maker, is a big man with shaven
chin and very high forehead with TUT OF gray Dar
In the centre OF it. lie has quiet, genia! manner
Mr. Mead is a well-known architect lie IL hand
some little man with young face, and the premature
gray hair now in fashion, which he wears in bang.
He reads French novels and plays the Cute. lie Is
reserved, but takes baud at whist occasionally lie
wears air of becoming melancholy az preeent lie
Is graduate OF Amherst, and for twenty years has
never missed attending the anniversary of his Class.
This wear he TO have taken prominent part, and
would have done il the Sharp trial could have been
postponed a month.
Howard Hopping sits directly in the centre, and is
evidently the funny man OF the troop. lie Is gradu-
ate of Trinity, Hartford, and vesirym'n of Zion
Church. Neither the confinement nor anything else
seems to coue amss to him he is always in gay
spirits His wife calls to see hin every day. She
does not stay very long becaus, the conversation is
apt to be a little constrained When you call to see
one of the jurymen you are first cautioned not TO
speak of tho trial. friend called on Schimme the
pther DAY and old John Nolan said to him:
80 You are not to spake German, mind"
Shpre an I'm as good an Irishman as yersef' was
the reply, "aId divil word OF German 10 II that III
be knowing"
When you are conducted to the juryman You desire
TO sce-whetber you a his wife or his sweetheart
tonr chairs placed in square. The iuryman
takes one, You take the opposite and on either
,de are seated another juryman and an Officer Terms
pf endearment the efore eheotualy eliminated
from the conversation the reports OF the trial are
from the newspapers by Captain Ricketts's shears,